Dharma Study Space – a place to pause, re-connect and draw inspiration!

Dharma Study Space is an independent forum set up by SOL Community.

Dharma Study Space is a Right Livelihood practice.

We are here to support and benefit individuals and
their communities to orient themselves,
understand, consider and respond effectively to the
demands of living in times of change.

As engaged Buddhists, we understand that, faced

with issues and concerns, it is not always to
government or institutions, universities or
academics, politicians or leaders that we have to
turn.

As men and women, as members of community we

can look to be inspired by other sources of help:
those around us, the marketplace, within our
communities – thus we realise our own unique
response as citizens of the planet.

“Sangha” is the Sanskrit word for “spiritual community”. The word is chosen with
its resonance with citizenship, participation and open society that define Buddhist
practice as a way open to all, for all to participate.
The challenges we face, as citizens of the planet, demonstrate it is time now for
us to achieve together what we cannot achieve alone.

As a community we welcome thinkers and entrepreneurs, eco-visionaries and

scientists, artists, writers and teachers as well as creative specialists, ecologists
and all those whose livelihood depends on Nature.

We comprise a network of members and specialists that you can be introduced to,
in order to meet, exchange ideas, listen, collaborate and share ideas and contacts
that may be relevant to your career, enterprise or organisational needs.

The services we offer

Our key points of specialisation are: people-ready organisation, sustainable
business development, eco-living, work-life balance, ethical enterprise, Social
Enterprise and community regeneration.

Our points of reference

Take a look at our points of reference: some of the people who inspire us, the
organisations whose values we share.
Here are a few people whose thinking can unlock human potential:

 Sun Tzu
 Lao Tzu
 James Lovelock (ecologist)
 Satish Kumar of Resurgence
 Dee Hock (founder of VISA International)
 Ketan Patel of Goldman Sachs
 Joanna Macy (writer)
 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (independent
academic and business advisor - former
Thinker of the Year)

 Resurgence Magazine
 Schumacher College

Transition Culture: introducing Resurgence Foundation and Schumacher College:

www.resurgence.org.
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 Forum for the Future

 Feasta: Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
 FLOW
 New Economics Foundation
 International Business Leaders’ Forum
 The Soil Association
 Friends of the Earth
 Slow Food
 The Hub
 Alliance for a New Humanity
 Agora Trust
 Centre for Human Ecology
 Zaadz
 Social Venture Network

Initiatives that we support, include, among

others:
 Transition City Bristol
 Bristol Sustainable City Charter
 Be The Change
 Schumacher Council
 Big Café
 Bordeaux Quay
 Knowle West Media Centre
 Fair Trade Foundation
 Earth is Community
 In Praise of Slow
 World Future Council
 Spirit of Life Centre, Greece

Membership benefits
The newsletter is available for FREE.

Student membership is for those who want to study for an

independent career or achieve financial independence, and
includes a year’s subscription to Resurgence magazine.

Membership for individuals is £10 a month or £40 per

annum and entitles members to discounts and savings on
courses, workshops and seminars as well as invitation to
events on our programme calendar.
If you do not have membership, non-members’ rates apply.

We also have Family Membership – this is especially for those who want to take
advantage of family bookings for recommended UK holidays, leisure activities and
retreat centre vacations.

Benefits for professional members

As a service to professional members you have access to creative services,
design, IT support and corporate education (see Dharma Study Curriculum) as
well as ideas incubation, new markets support, translation and multi-cultural
orientation.

The savings you can make, more than cover the cost of membership.

Transition Culture: introducing Resurgence Foundation and Schumacher College:

www.resurgence.org.
For investors in sustainable community.
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Professional members with an interest in supporting Social Enterprise and flexible

workspace have introduction to services available from: The Hub (35, King
Street, Bristol).

Professional Membership is by invitation.

Enterprise members have access to the services of Creative Village as well as:
The Hub, Social Venture Network and the Association of Sustainability
Practitioners - run independently of us, but to whom you can be introduced. We
have an ongoing programme of events and networking events by invitation.

Enterprise membership is by donation, however we recommend a minimum

amount in order to cover running costs and enable access to services, advisors,
support, expertise, resources and introductions, as well as invitation to our
ongoing programme of events.

For those who want to know more

Benefits for Enterprise members includes:

 Personnel training
 Interim management
 Coaching and mentoring
 Leadership programmes
 E-campus (corporate education)
 English as a Foreign Language services
(courseware and tutoring)
 Language learning (course development and tutoring)
 Curriculum Development for in-house training

Our areas of expertise

The disciplines that we draw from, include cross-disciplinary expertise in:
 Education and learning
 Ecology and environment
 Design and eco-design
 Architecture and urban ecology
 Community re-generation
 Media
 Publishing
 Creative services
 Language and culture
 Multi-culture
 Brand management
 Communications and PR
 Translations and multi-culture
 IT
 Asset management
 Local government
 Healthcare
 Law, accounting and start-up
 Recruitment and HR
 Strategy and continuous improvement – kai-zen

Dharma Studies - curriculum

The Right Livelihood Curriculum comprises 42 specialist areas of expertise that
comprise the basis for a one-year blended learning programme that is available
for part-time study.
Enrolment is by application to professional and enterprise members.

Transition Culture: introducing Resurgence Foundation and Schumacher College:

www.resurgence.org.
For investors in sustainable community.
Dharma Study Space – a place to pause, re-connect and draw inspiration!

Strategic benefits
Membership benefits include: access to courseware and curriculum development
for EFL, language learning and leadership.

Course enrolment is available through a combination of residential study as well

as blended learning (distance learning) so you can study at your own pace.

Whole Person Development

Continuing professional development

Individual training is less than the cost of a full-time MBA, and provides
university-level learning with all the benefit of an in-house solution.

Agora Services for schools

A Curriculum Development and Publishing service for those interested in human
ecology and Gaian Perspectives is available for: schools, colleges and education
providers.

We welcome prospective coaches, tutors, mentors and educators who want to

study for a career in human-scale education. See: www.resurgence.org.

Transition Culture: introducing Resurgence Foundation and Schumacher College:

www.resurgence.org.
For investors in sustainable community.